Teen pregnancy rose between 2005 and 2006. And the “scholars” are quick to blame abstinence education. Regardless of what you think about abstinence education, this is fundamentally unserious. This Heritage Foundation report shows that government spent $12 in contraceptive sex education for every $1 in abstinence education in 2004.

Unwed teen pregnancy hurts kids. It hurts young women, too. Let’s get serious together, across party lines, about thinking about what might help. Let’s not just use this for a Punch-and-Judy show against one another.